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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Wallace Calvin Abbott
Doctor
12-Oct-1857 4-Jul-1921 Founder of Abbott Laboratories
Susan Anton
Singer
12-Oct-1950   Played 5000 times at Radio City Music Hall
Robin Askwith
Actor
12-Oct-1950   Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Steve Austria
Politician
12-Oct-1958   Congressman, Ohio 7th
Robert L. Bartley
Editor
12-Oct-1937 10-Dec-2003 Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003
Lyman Beecher
Religion
12-Oct-1775 10-Jan-1863 American Presbyterian preacher
Carlos Bernard
Actor
12-Oct-1962   Tony Almeida on 24
Chris Botti
Jazz Musician
12-Oct-1962   Night Sessions
George W. Cable
Author
12-Oct-1844 31-Jan-1925 Old Creole Days
Kirk Cameron
Actor
12-Oct-1970   Mike Seaver on Growing Pains
Wendy Chamberlin
Diplomat
12-Oct-1948   US Ambassador to Pakistan, 2001-02
William Clark, Jr.
Diplomat
12-Oct-1930   US Ambassador to India, 1989-92
Art Clokey
Cartoonist
12-Oct-1921 8-Jan-2010 Creator of Gumby
Robert Coles
Psychiatrist
12-Oct-1929   Children of Crisis
Jonathan Crombie
Actor
12-Oct-1966   Green Gables
Joe Cronin
Baseball
12-Oct-1906 7-Sep-1984 Shortstop on 7 All-Star teams
Aleister Crowley
Religion
12-Oct-1875 1-Dec-1947 Wickedest man in the world
James Crumley
Novelist
12-Oct-1939 17-Sep-2008 The Mexican Tree Duck
Edward F. Dunne
Politician
12-Oct-1853 24-May-1937 Governor of Illinois, 1913-17
King Edward VI
Royalty
12-Oct-1537 6-Jul-1553 King of England, 1547-53
John Engler
Politician
12-Oct-1948   Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003
Deborah Foreman
Actor
12-Oct-1962   Valley Girl
Melvin Franklin
Singer
12-Oct-1942 23-Feb-1995 Bass vocals for The Temptations
Dave Freudenthal
Politician
12-Oct-1950   Governor of Wyoming, 2003-11
Jake Garn
Politician
12-Oct-1932   US Senator from Utah, 1974-93
E. Duncan Getchell
Attorney
12-Oct-1949   McGuireWoods LLP
Howard M. Gore
Politician
12-Oct-1887 20-Jun-1947 Governor of West Virginia, 1925-29
Ante Gotovina
Military
12-Oct-1955   Croatian war criminal
Dick Gregory
Activist
12-Oct-1932   Autobiography: NIGGER!
Lady Jane Grey
Royalty
12-Oct-1537 12-Feb-1554 Queen of England for nine days
Tom Guiry
Actor
12-Oct-1981   The Sandlot
Arthur Harden
Chemist
12-Oct-1865 17-Jun-1940 Enzymes of sugar fermentation
F. Edward Hebert
Politician
12-Oct-1901 29-Dec-1979 Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77
August Horch
Engineer
12-Oct-1868 3-Feb-1951 Founder of Audi
Les Horvath
Football
12-Oct-1921 14-Nov-1995 Winner, 1944 Heisman Trophy
Josh Hutcherson
Actor
12-Oct-1992   Bridge to Terabithia
Josephine Hutchinson
Actor
12-Oct-1903 4-Jun-1998 North by Northwest
Carlos the Jackal
Terrorist
12-Oct-1949   International terrorist
Hugh Jackman
Actor
12-Oct-1968   X-Men
Young Jeezy
Rapper
12-Oct-1977   Boyz N Da Hood
Marion Jones
Track and Field
12-Oct-1975   Fastest woman on Earth, with an asterisk
Thomas L. Judge
Politician
12-Oct-1934 8-Sep-2006 Governor of Montana, 1973-81
Takeshi Kaga
TV Personality
12-Oct-1950   Chairman Kaga from Iron Chef
Tony Kubek
Baseball
12-Oct-1936   NY Yankees Shortstop, 1957-65
Daliah Lavi
Actor
12-Oct-1940   The Whip and the Body
Ramsay MacDonald
Head of State
12-Oct-1866 9-Nov-1937 First Labour Prime Minister of UK
James McAuley
Poet
12-Oct-1917 15-Oct-1976 Australian poet, Ern Malley hoaxer
Bode Miller
Skier
12-Oct-1977   Four-time world ski champion
Eugenio Montale
Poet
12-Oct-1896 12-Sep-1981 Ossi di seppia
Jean Nidetch
Business
12-Oct-1923   Weight Watchers founder
Michel Oksenberg
Scholar
12-Oct-1938 22-Feb-2001 Leading sinologist
Paul S. Otellini
Business
12-Oct-1950   CEO of Intel
Marcus T. Paulk
Actor
12-Oct-1986   Myles Mitchell on Moesha
Luciano Pavarotti
Singer
12-Oct-1935 6-Sep-2007 Operatic tenor
Ann Petry
Novelist
12-Oct-1908 28-Apr-1997 The Street
William Raspberry
Columnist
12-Oct-1935 17-Jul-2012 The Washington Post
James W. Rawlings
Business
12-Oct-1929   President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86
William H. Regnery
Business
12-Oct-1877 c. 1954 America First Committee
Dusty Rhodes
Wrestling
12-Oct-1945   The American Dream
Adam Rich
Actor
12-Oct-1968   Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough
Ed Royce
Politician
12-Oct-1951   Congressman, California 40th
Mary F. Sammons
Business
12-Oct-1946   CEO of Rite Aid
Laurence H. Silberman
Judge
12-Oct-1935   US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77
Bruce A. Smith
Business
12-Oct-1943   CEO of Tesoro
Elmer Sperry
Inventor
12-Oct-1860 10-Jun-1930 Gyroscopic compass
William H. Sullivan
Diplomat
12-Oct-1922   US Ambassador to Iran, 1977-79
Godfrey Tearle
Actor
12-Oct-1884 8-Jun-1953 The 39 Steps
Jonathan Trumbull
Politician
12-Oct-1710 17-Aug-1785 Governor of Connecticut, 1769-84
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer
12-Oct-1872 26-Aug-1958 Sinfonia Antarctica
Chris Wallace
Journalist
12-Oct-1947   Fox News Sunday
Jean Wallace
Actor
12-Oct-1923 14-Feb-1990 The Big Combo
Charlie Ward
Basketball
12-Oct-1970   NY Knicks, also 1993 Heisman Trophy
Craig Washington
Politician
12-Oct-1941   Congressman from Texas, 1989-95
Essie Mae Washington-Williams
Relative
12-Oct-1925   Strom Thurmond's half-black daughter
Randy West
Pornstar
12-Oct-1947   Up N Cummers, Confession of Emmanuelle
Charles Z. Wick
Government
12-Oct-1917 20-Jul-2008 Director of the USIA, 1981-89
David Wilkins
Politician
12-Oct-1946   US Ambassador to Canada


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